Do you have an abundance of ice cube trays or ice cube moulds lying around, from the boring rectangular ones to the cute heart-shaped ones?
I even have a golf ball shaped one and it’s spending more time in my cupboard than being used.
1) Flavoured Ice Cubes
Flavoured ice cubes are an easy, fun way to add an extra burst of taste to your drinks, whether it’s refreshing water, cocktails, mocktails, or even coffee.
You can freeze just about any flavour you like, citrus, berries, vanilla and just add them to drinks. Great in mineral water for flavour without all the sugar.
All you need is a trusty ice cube tray and a few simple ingredients to create these chilled, flavour-infused beauties.
2) Preserving Fresh Herbs
This time of year herbs are going crazy, parsley, basil, mint, sage and thyme are certainly taking over my backyard!
In a few months though they will be gone again, but if you harvest them, cut them up and freeze them in olive oil in ice cube trays you will have them pan ready all year round.
3) Coffee Ice Cubes
Iced coffee come at me! With summer fast approaching caffeine addict everywhere should start brewing and freezing some coffee ice, ready for a cold glass of milk on a hot summers day!
Imagine those in heart shape!
4) Healthy Fun Striped Cubes
Freeze layers of coconut milk, smoothies, yoghurt, juice, pureed fruit, whatever takes your fancy, freezing one layer at a time so they don’t mix. The end result is beautiful striped ice cubes that are as fun to eat and they are pretty to look at!
5) Peanut Butter Cups
Simply melt chocolate and pour it into the base of ice cube trays, then top with a ball of peanut butter and cover with more chocolate and freeze, a great little treat for after the kids are in bed!
6) Frozen Yoghurt Cubes
Healthier than icecream but just as tasty, freeze your favourite flavours or make your own fruit mix and freeze in layers of natural yoghurt and fruit, like the striped cubes above.
7) Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Much less mess and much easier to do using a deep ice cube tray. Simply melt chocolate with butter, oil or shortening and half fill ice cube trays then push a strawberry into each one so the chocolate rises up the sides, oh yum!
8) Make Jelly Shots
There are so many mouthwatering recipes available on the net and with a bit of vodka, some gelatine and some fruit of your choice you will be in alco-jello heaven!
Imagine it shaped like this:
9) Mini Popsicles
Freezing whatever you like with a little pop stick in it instantly makes it a icypole!
Great for the kids and easy to portion control and make whatever flavours you like, also good if your little ones have allergies and can’t have packaged ice-creams.
10) Mini Cheesecakes
Make amazing frozen cheesecake desserts in bite size pieces by pressing the cake base into the trays and leaving to freeze then topping with the cheesecake and freezing again. They look fancy and like you’ve spent hours on them but they are so easy!
We don’t use that much ice until it’s summer, but now I have so many fantastic uses for ice cube trays, I don’t think they will be spending much time in the cupboard anymore!
I am really excited to whip up new healthy treats for the kids to try.
What super cute and fun things do you create with your ice cube trays at home?
We would love to hear your ideas, too!
Have your say!